Rocket Motor Fired in Utah Test Stand

[v12tommy]

Wow, the business end of that thing looks like it would be the perfect "cave" for Osama bin Ladin to hide in. lol. I can picture it now: "wait for it. wait for it. ok quick, he got in it...start the countdown!!"

[mdr48371]

Maybe ATK won't kill any astronauts with this design. I still didn't see them test the OFF switch.

[v12tommy]

@mdr48371 It is a solid rocket booster. It can't be turned off.

[etcandy1]

I wonder how much pollution that thing spat out..?

[flyerholland]

the new DM-2 !!! now getting a revolutionary 0.00000000000000000001 miles per gallon!

[LelouchVieBritania]

Hello, contamination!! :)

[marianware]

Well, that's ONE way to get us closer to Mars.

[DelMonteOnSteroids]

@marianware not really, no

[Spencerianism]

How much longer are we going to rely on this Cave-man, thermal expansion method of putting man into space, when there is an alternative method to choose from, in the form of internal dynamics?

[anemos11]

Thats what we need to resolve the climate change!

[jking251]

SOMEBODY PISSED GOKU OFF

[0ejmusik0]

Better be careful it doesn't throw Earth's spin out of kilter.

[ilkbirmalti]

amazing

[davelantor]

A day is 0.12 seconds longer, thx to this test :D

j/k :P

[guicapone2]

'might roar.. flaming fire' can this video get any cheesy?

[doZerrpowerr564]

there, a little bit of fire for my barbecue!

[Tovkal]

God that's big.

[kirza94]

thats powerful , i think NASA could build some good tunnels with that SRB :)

[hackneysaregreat]

The next one should go straight up in a just as perfect launch....

Preferably to push up a new generation spaceshuttle.

[BlueSwifts]

@reaper1670 The fuel they use is Liquid hydrogen and Liquid Oxygen. Amount, not sure, but its a hell lot. XD

[kilian2]

@BlueSwifts LH2/LOX is used for liquid fueled rockets not solids like this. It uses a paste that includes a solid oxidizer (grain) and fuel (a derivative of aluminum as far as I can remember).

[lesrap]

mabe THATcould get my bb-q going.

[AoDFrakker]

chuck norris is holding it back!!!

[oldwarhorse1865]

Funny, I got this from China yesterday.

[starlite2991]

there goes couple of million dollars

[TaxEvasion]

i thought obama cancelled good stuff like this

[EyeOnTheTV]

Good long burn. Beautiful.

[Indianmalujl]

there goes couple of million dollars in fire :P

[subh1]

@Indianmalujl ....to set the course for launching a satellite that will help with billions of dollars of communication, save billions of dollars from destruction by weather forecasts, and possibly save entire humanity by exploring options of colonizing Mars. :P

[Indianmalujl]

@subh1 meh its about time we spend money on actually finding a more efficient way to do this. Like space elevator haha :D Agree with you, but lets go back to the moon again before going to Mars. p.s. I'm an Aero major -_-

[BuschTukkerMan]

Pretty cool video Nasa!

[Dee13i]

I want a slow motion video.

[trailkeeper]

The initial ignition must put alot of stress/shock on the system, I wonder if they can slow that down to a second or so, instead of going from 0 to 100 in a fraction of a second. It was awesome though.

[jonmikelk]

@trailkeeper they cant do this, this is a solid fuel motor! only the liquide motors can do this

[trailkeeper]

@jonmikelk Would it help though if it was possible?

[jonmikelk]

@trailkeeper in what? ( my english is bad, sorry :( )

[trailkeeper]

@jonmikelk It's ok, I'll have to ask some other people then.

[promethium144]

Hey Bill what does this button do...........?

[BergenCafe]

That's just awesome. If you're giving it away now that it's used... leave a comment.. need a new garden grill

[Taco1011]

3....2...1 BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

[chena3]

big boy toys...

[UdallIn72]

Nice work, but are they actually going to USE this thing?

What's going on with manned spaceflight, anyway?

This is a confusing time.

[Nebula1701]

@UdallIn72

they might... the constellation program may be stalled but that doesn't mean they can't use the technology they developed for it on other projects down the line.

[DragonCuber]

I wonder how many of these tests NASA can perform before they change the rotation of the Earth xD

[Helge129]

@DragonCuber in fact, each and every fricken FART changes the rotation of the Earth, it's just insignificant.

[Potame25]

That'll roast a marshmellow

[05pittsd]

@Potame25 And then some :P